Grants to Help UK Councils Tackle Chewing Gum Litter

Now in its fourth year, the five-year £10 million Chewing Gum Task Force Grant Scheme is open to councils across the UK who wish to clean the gum off the pavements in their local areas and invest in long-term behaviour change to prevent gum from being dropped in the first place.

Councils can apply for grants of up to £27,500 to undertake chewing gum cleansing in streets, town centres, train/bus stations, parks and/or other public spaces.

The money can be used for:

• Purchase of equipment and/or cleaning materials.
• Redeployment of existing equipment to other areas.
• Repair or refurbishment of existing equipment.
• Cost of new or temporary staff members.
• Redeploying existing staff members.
• Training staff members in the use of new equipment.
• Equipment hire and/or subcontractors, if there is a business case for this.
• Trials of innovative cleansing equipment or techniques.
• Trials of innovative new ways to identify areas in need of cleansing.

Applications are open only to waste collection or waste disposal councils or unitary authorities in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Applications are welcome from councils working in partnership with other organisations. This could include other councils, town/parish councils, BIDS, schools, businesses and/or community groups. Where there is partnership working, the application must be lead and submitted by a waste collection or waste disposal council or unitary authority.

The deadline for applications is 28 March 2025 (12 noon).

Further details can be found here: Chewing Gum Task Force | Keep Britain Tidy